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enSelf-Centered: ‘Geocentrist’ Movie To Get Limited Theatrical Releasehttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/self-centered-geocentrist-movie-to-get-limited-theatrical-release
<a href="/about/people/rob-boston">Rob Boston</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The &quot;geocentrists&quot; -- who believe that Galileo was wrong and that the Earth really is the center of the universe -- are back. And they&#039;ve got a movie. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>Last April, <a href="https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/does-the-universe-revolve-around-you-geocentrist-creationists-seek-to">I wrote</a> about a bunch of cranks who believe that the Earth is the center of the universe. These so-called “geocentrists” are extreme Roman Catholics who believe that Copernicus and Galileo were wrong to promote the heliocentric model of the universe.</p><p>The geocentrists’ main argument seems to be that everything has to revolve around this planet because we’re special. God wouldn’t put us, the pinnacle of his creation, in some forgotten corner of the universe!</p><p>Somehow these zealots scraped up a pot of money and produced a fancy, CGI-laden “documentary” called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8cBvMCucTg">“The Principle,”</a> which in the spring of 2014 they claimed would appear in theaters soon.</p><p>The film didn’t appear, but the matter attracted some attention because “The Principle” is narrated by Kate Mulgrew, an actress who played Capt. Kathryn Janeway on “Star Trek: Voyager” and later appeared as Galina Reznikov on the popular Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.” The film also features interviews with actual scientists like Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku and others.</p><p>Mulgrew felt compelled to issue <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/star-treks-kate-mulgrew-says-she-was-tricked-narra-203216">a statement</a> affirming her belief in the heliocentric universe, and Krauss and some of the other scientists said they had <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/08/lawrence_krauss_on_ending_up_in_the_geocentricism_documentary_the_principle.html">no idea</a> the documentary was about geocentrism when they were asked to take part.</p><p>I figured that was the end of it, but late last night I received a <a href="https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/01/06/695178/10114174/en/The-Principle-Challenges-Copernican-Theory-Beginning-January-23-In-Select-Theaters.html">press release</a> via email with big news: “The Principle” will play in “selected theaters” Jan. 23!</p><p>“The Principle,” asserts the press release, “will begin an exclusive limited engagement at AMC theaters in Burbank, CA, Orange, CA, and Spokane, WA, on January 23rd, with additional markets opening in the weeks following.” There will also be a screening for critics in Los Angeles Jan. 13.</p><p>The release goes on to say, “‘The Principle’ brings to light astonishing new scientific observations challenging the Copernican Principle. The film explores, from all sides, the question of Earth’s station in the universe and whether it could, in fact, have a unique importance. Astonishing results from recent large-scale surveys of our visible Universe disclose surprising evidence of a preferred direction in the cosmos, a so-called ‘Axis of Evil,’ aligned with our supposedly insignificant Earth.”</p><p>An Axis of Evil in space? Yikes! I hope it’s not the Klingons.</p><p>Just to be clear: The people behind “The Principle” are serious. This is not a parody, a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o">“Spinal Tap”-style</a> “mockumentary” or some sort of hoax by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Abel">Alan Abel</a>. These people seriously believe, in the year 2015, that the Earth is the center of the universe.</p><p>The force behind all of this is a man named Robert Sungenis. He’s quite a piece of work. The author of a book titled <em><a href="http://galileowaswrong.blogspot.com/">Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right</a></em>, Sungenis is angry because the heliocentric model has cast doubt on the authority of the church and its leaders. He has written, “Prior to Galileo, the church was in full command of the world, and governments and academia were subservient to her.” (According to the <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2006/winter/the-dirty-dozen">Southern Poverty Law Center</a>, Sungenis is also an anti-Semite who denies the Holocaust.)</p><p>I know it’s easy to make fun of stuff like this. I mean, these people are literally living in the Dark Ages. But we should never underestimate the power of pseudo-scientific loons who elevate religious fundamentalism over modern science. They have caused a lot of problems in the past.</p><p>Who would have thought creationism would have the staying power it has had? Who would have expected that the state of Kentucky would spend years deliberating giving $18 million in tax breaks to a biblical fundamentalist who wants to build a theme park based on the story of Noah’s Ark? Who would have expected that entire biology books would be published that never mention the word “evolution”?</p><p>The way things are going, with so many state legislatures in the grip of Tea Party forces and their pals in the Religious Right, I wouldn’t be surprised if some state lawmaker somewhere didn’t push for a “balanced treatment” law mandating equal time for the Earth-centered universe theory. Or perhaps “The Principle” could be shown in Louisiana’s public schools under that state’s <a href="http://ncse.com/files/08_la_sb733-amend.pdf">“Science Act,”</a> which allows “supplemental materials” in classrooms to promote “critical thinking.”</p><p>In short, never underestimate the power of slickly packaged propaganda. All it takes is a band of extremists with some money and a camera, and one teacher who has been brainwashed. And before you know it your kid’s science education has been set back about 400 years.</p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/creationism-evolution">Creationism &amp; Evolution</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/the-principle-kate-mulgrew">The Principle. Kate Mulgrew</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/lawrence-krauss">Lawrence Krauss</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/michio-kaku">Michio Kaku</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/robert-sungenis">Robert Sungenis</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/star-trek">star trek</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/klingons">Klingons</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/orange-is-the-new-black">Orange is the New Black</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/galileo">Galileo</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/geocentrism">geocentrism</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/alan-abel">Alan Abel</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/spinal-tap">Spinal Tap</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/creationism">creationism</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/evolution">evolution</a></span></div></div>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:59:11 +0000Rob Boston10802 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/self-centered-geocentrist-movie-to-get-limited-theatrical-release#commentsDoes The Universe Revolve Around You?: Geocentrist Creationists Seek To Become The Center Of Attention https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/does-the-universe-revolve-around-you-geocentrist-creationists-seek-to
<a href="/about/people/rob-boston">Rob Boston</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A new &#039;documentary&#039; argues that the Earth is the center of the universe and that it does not move. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>There are days when fundamentalist zealots do something so off the wall that I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, so I do a little bit of both.</p><p>Today is one of those days. This emotional roller-coaster comes courtesy of a band of extremists who have fine-tuned creationism and have concluded – wait for it – that Copernicus and Galileo were wrong: The Earth really is the center of the universe.</p><p>This belief is known as “geocentricity.” I held off writing about this before today because I didn’t want anyone to think this was a late April Fools’ Day joke. I assure you it is not. These people are real; they mean it. What’s more, <a href="http://galileowaswrong.com/">the movement</a>, led by an ultra-conservative Roman Catholic named Robert Sungenis, is making a play for the big time with a “documentary” they claim will soon appear in U.S. theaters.</p><p>The film is titled “The Principle,” and you can watch a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8cBvMCucTg">trailer here</a>. You’ll note that actual scientists like Lawrence Krauss and Michio Kaku – both of whom I’m sure accept the heliocentric model – appear in this film. I don’t know how it happened, but I’m guessing that the producers didn’t tell them upfront that it was a geocentricity film. (You’ll note that the trailer doesn’t either; very sneaky of them.)</p><p>Someone obviously poured a nice chunk of change into this thing. The film looks very slick, and it’s narrated by Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway on “Star Trek: Voyager.” (As a “Trek” fan, I can only lament, “Say it ain’t so, Captain!” Patrick Stewart would never fall for something like this.)</p><p>Sure, the film looks nice, but at the end of the day, fancy cinematography and clever CGI can’t hide the fact that this movie argues that the Earth is the center of the universe and that it does not move. The film’s producers believe the early leaders of the Catholic Church, who interpreted the Bible to mandate an Earth-centered universe, were right after all.</p><p>Promoting his book, <em>Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right</em><strong>, </strong><a href="http://galileowaswrong.com/buy-the-book/">Sungenis asks</a>, “Were the Fathers, the Medievals, our popes and cardinals of the 17th century correct in believing that the Earth, based on a face value reading of Scripture, was standing still in the center of the universe?”</p><p>Um, no. </p><p>Tellingly, Sungenis goes on to write, “The most important thing you will receive from this astounding study is a very close relationship with God. For once you see that God, his Church, and Holy Scripture have given us the unadulterated truth, proven by modern science itself, you will have no choice but to put yourself completely in His trust and care for everything else in your life.”</p><p>Interesting. So you’ll read this “science” book and walk away more religious than ever. Nope, not science, that.</p><p>Sungenis has a real problem with Galileo and seems bothered by the idea that science has sometimes cast doubt on the geocentrists’ pet sectarian concepts. Sungenis <a href="https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/god-and-galileo-why-people-who-believe-the-universe-should-revolve-around">once groused</a>, “Prior to Galileo, the church was in full command of the world, and governments and academia were subservient to her.” (Yep, those were the days! Just ask <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno">Giordano Bruno</a>.)</p><p>Nowadays, that evil science leads some people to question theological doctrines – and others don’t listen to the church at all. And it’s all because of that heliocentric system. Yikes!</p><p>Just to be clear: People can believe whatever they want – even if it’s demonstrably wrong. And they have every right to make movies about those beliefs, too. But as we’ve learned from past experience, holding a private belief is never enough for creationist cranks. They have worked for decades now to sneak their ideas into public schools.</p><p>Some might say we don’t have to worry about this because the geocentrists are just too far over the edge (of the flat Earth, no doubt) to be taken seriously. I would have thought the same thing about people who believe that our planet is 6,000 years old and that humans rode around on dinosaurs just like on “The Flintstones” – yet it has taken several federal lawsuits to get those ideas out of some public schools.</p><p>We’re dealing here with people whose interpretation of religion trumps all facts and reason. People like that are disturbing because they elevate their dogma over everything, even observable facts. They must be kept very far away from our public schools.</p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/creationism-evolution">Creationism &amp; Evolution</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/creationism">creationism</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/geocentricity">geocentricity</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/robert-sungenis">Robert Sungenis</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/kate-mulgew">Kate Mulgew</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/patrick-stewart">Patrick Stewart</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/star-trek">star trek</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/galileo">Galileo</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/giordano-bruno">Giordano Bruno</a></span></div></div>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:48:08 +0000Rob Boston9809 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/does-the-universe-revolve-around-you-geocentrist-creationists-seek-to#commentsRaising Cain In Arizona: Grand Canyon State Considers Legalizing Discrimination Under The Guise Of ‘Religious Liberty’https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/raising-cain-in-arizona-grand-canyon-state-considers-legalizing
<a href="/about/people/rob-boston">Rob Boston</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Due to our civil rights laws, people can no longer be turned away from restaurants, hotels or stores because the owner doesn’t approve of the way they live their lives. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>You might have read over the weekend about a law passed by the Arizona legislature that would allow the owners of stores and secular businesses to refuse to serve certain customers if they deem that doing so would offend their religious beliefs.</p><p>The measure, SB 1062, is getting quite a lot of attention. All eyes are on Gov. Jan Brewer, who hasn’t yet said if she’ll sign the bill into law. Brewer has indicated that she’ll act this week.</p><p>On Friday morning, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/02/21/ath-debate-religious-freedom-discrimination.cnn&amp;video_referrer=">I appeared on CNN</a> with Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, a far-right group affiliated with Focus on the Family that wields a lot of influence in the state and that promoted the legislation. Herrod and I weren’t on the air together very long – the segment is only about seven minutes long – but it was maddening, in part because Herrod simply wasn’t being honest about this bill and what it would do.</p><p>She began by asserting that the bill isn’t really a big deal because it just “updates and clarifies” an existing law.</p><p>That’s hardly the case. The proposed legislation changes the existing law in a profound way. It would make it legal for many private businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians – or indeed anyone whose actions or private decisions about how to live are deemed morally offensive by the shop’s owner.</p><p>Not that Herrod would admit this, of course. Near the end of the segment, she was asked point blank more than once by one of the hosts if this law would allow a business, such as a restaurant, to refuse service to a same-sex couple. Herrod refused to answer. I got so frustrated with her attempts at verbal bobbing and weaving that I answered for her: Yes, the restaurant would be able to discriminate. That’s the whole point of the bill!</p><p>Since then, several defenders of the legislation have argued that it wouldn’t allow for the types of discrimination it clearly is intended to foster. Some are even arguing that the bill doesn’t really do anything. Any time you hear that argument about a piece of legislation, you can be sure that the bill in question does a lot. After all, if it doesn’t do anything, <em>then why was it passed in the first place? </em></p><p>Other bill backers have argued that the measure won’t allow restaurants and hotels to turn away gays and others because the owner would have to prove that he has a “sincerely held” objection to serving them. They behave as if this is an insurmountable burden. In fact, it’s a laughably low standard. And, unless a federal judge just happens to be hanging around the hotel lobby when a same-sex (or unmarried) couple asks for a room and is turned down, the denial of service will be immediate and severe.</p><p>The good news is that opponents of the bill are speaking up. The business community knows that this measure is a dud that will lead boycotts of the state. They have urged Brewer to veto it. LGBT groups are also organizing protests. (“Star Trek” actor George Takei penned a <a href="http://www.allegiancemusical.com/blog-entry/razing-arizona">great letter</a> about the bill, urging Brewer not to make it law.)</p><p>Religious Right groups are, of course, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/us/religious-right-in-arizona-cheers-bill-allowing-businesses-to-refuse-to-serve-gays.html?_r=0">very excited</a> about the measure. I wonder if they are also excited about the huge sums of taxpayer dollars the state will have to spend defending it in court?</p><p>Alleged “religious freedom” bills like this are pending in several states. Kansas’ House of Representatives passed one recently, but the state Senate came to its senses and killed it. Similar measures <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/gay-discrimination-bills-religious-freedom-jim-crow">have been introduced</a> in Idaho, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Hawaii, Ohio, Mississippi and Georgia. (As I write this, AU Legislative Director Maggie Garrett is in Georgia working against the bill there. She says it’s even worse than Arizona’s measure.)</p><p>Some of these measures, like South Dakota’s, have already collapsed. But we expect that Religious Right groups will retool them and try again.</p><p>We have laws in this country that require stores, shops and businesses that are “public accommodations” to serve the public – all of the public. Due to our civil rights laws, people can no longer be turned away from restaurants, hotels or stores because the owner doesn’t approve of the way they live their lives. These laws have made us a better, fairer nation.</p><p>As I said on CNN, religious freedom is a noble principle. It’s a shame to see some people working overtime to turn it into a tool of oppression.</p><p>P.S. My <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Liberties-Religious-Freedom-Doesnt/dp/1616149116">new book</a>, <em>Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn’t Give You The Right To Tell Other People What To Do</em>, deals with this issue extensively. It will be available nationwide March 4.</p><p> </p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/outside-workplace-discrimination-exemptions-religious-practice-including-military-prisons">Institutional Discrimination, Exemptions &amp; Religious Practice (Including Military, Prisons &amp; Healthcare)</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/religious-refusals-and-rfra">Religious Refusals and RFRA</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/descriptions-and-activities-religious-right-groups">Descriptions and Activities of Religious Right Groups</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/jan-brewer">Jan Brewer</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/arizona">Arizona</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/george-takei">George Takei</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/star-trek">star trek</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/maggie-garrett">Maggie Garrett</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/cathi-herrod">Cathi Herrod</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/cnn">CNN</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/center-for-arizona-policy">Center for Arizona Policy</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/focus-family">Focus On The Family</a></span></div></div>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:56:12 +0000Rob Boston9674 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/raising-cain-in-arizona-grand-canyon-state-considers-legalizing#commentsStar Dreck: Religious Right 'Federation' Clings On To Same Old Misguided Missionhttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/star-dreck-religious-right-federation-clings-on-to-same-old-misguided
<a href="/about/people/rob-boston">Rob Boston</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Despite the fancy name and all of the rhetoric, the Freedom Federation really is your father&#039;s Religious Right</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>Economic news, the possibility of health-care reform and even the death of "king of pop" Michael Jackson have dominated the headlines lately. But quietly, beneath the surface, the "culture wars" continue to percolate.</p>
<p>Leaders of the Religious Right aren't real happy with the current situation. President Barack Obama remains popular. Same-sex marriage is now legal in six states, and others are considering it. Abortion is still legal, and public schools aren't pushing fundamentalist Christianity.</p>
<p>What to do? Form a federation!</p>
<p>Several Religious Right organizations came together June 30 here in Washington to announce the formation of the "Freedom Federation" and to unveil a "Declaration of American Values," a document reflecting the same obsessions that have animated the Religious Right for decades: opposition to abortion, opposition to gay rights, xenophobia, opposition to church-state separation, etc.</p>
<p>The event didn't get much ink in the secular press, but <em>The Christian Post</em> ran a piece <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090701/christians-move-past-rhetoric-to-protect-judeo-christian-values/index.html">quoting several</a> of the major players. I was amused by former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's insistence that the Federation is interested in "a process of addition and multiplication, not subtraction and division."</p>
<p>So the Religious Right now intends to bring people together by highlighting the same issues it has exploited for decades to divide Americans? Call me skeptical.</p>
<p>Groups joining this effort include the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Liberty University, the Family Research Council, Liberty Counsel, Vision America, Concerned Women for America, the American Family Association, Catholic Online, the Traditional Values Coalition and a host of lesser lights. The federation doesn't plan to hire a staff or open and office, and it's unclear what the next step will be. I have been unable to even find a Web site for this federation.</p>
<p><em>Washington Post </em>reporter Dana Milbank, who specializes in a daily dose of snark, seemed under whelmed. Dredging up the inevitable "Star Trek" comparison, Milbank <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004231.html">seemed suspicious</a> of the Federation's claims that it is politically neutral.</p>
<p>"While 'we have no allegiance as a federation to either party,' as Blackwell put it, federation politics are no secret," wrote Milbank. "Among the many others signed on to the federation are Gary Bauer's Campaign for Working Families, which is at the moment working on a campaign to 'stop Obama's socialism'; Lafferty's Traditional Values Coalition, which is trying to stop 'Obamunists' from destroying private health care; Exodus International, which promises 'freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ'; Morning Star Ministries, which recently hosted the Spiritual Warfare Conference; and the American Family Association, which is promoting a boycott of Pepsi for supporting 'homosexual activists.'"</p>
<p>In other words, despite the fancy name and all of the rhetoric, this really is your father's Religious Right. Yawn. Nothing new here.</p>
<p>Milbank noted that several of the speakers at the event made "Star Trek" comparisons, trying to hitch their movement to the popular summer film. I haven't seen the movie, but as a kid I did enjoy the original "Trek." I have some advice for activists interested in opposing the tired and repressive agenda of the Religious Right: Ready the photon torpedoes.</p>
</div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/fighting-religious-right">Fighting the Religious Right</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/FRC">Family Research Council</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/freedom-federation">freedom federation</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/kenneth-blackwell">Kenneth Blackwell</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/liberty-counsel">Liberty Counsel</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/star-trek">star trek</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/traditional-values-coalition">Traditional Values Coalition</a></span></div></div>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:22:12 +0000Rob Boston1996 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/star-dreck-religious-right-federation-clings-on-to-same-old-misguided#comments